Senior Software Engineer - Postgres

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Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, Click House is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies. With over 2,000 customers and an ARR that has more than quadrupled over the past year, Click House leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. Click House’s momentum was confirmed in its recent $350M Series C financing that included new, tier one investors, Khosla Ventures, BOND, IVP, Battery Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Click House is launching a strategic Postgres initiative to extend our developer-first cloud platform, so teams can easily integrate Postgres with Click House and power end-to-end data workflows.

What You’ll Do

Design and build backend services that orchestrate and manage database clusters in Click House Cloud.

Extend our platform control plane — written in Ruby, Go, and Type Script — to support new Postgres capabilities.

Contribute to automation and tooling that simplify cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management.

Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to ensure operational excellence, performance, and reliability.

Develop APIs and integrations that expose new Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems.

Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services.

Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and on-call rotations, contributing to the overall reliability and velocity of the team.

Operate with autonomy — identifying opportunities, driving execution, and delivering meaningful impact.

About You

Experience:

6+ years in software engineering, ideally with experience building or operating database or cloud platform systems.

Postgres Expertise:
Deep understanding of Postgres — configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning.

Technical

Skills:

Strong programming experience in Ruby, Go, or Python (or willingness to work across languages).

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and automation tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD).

Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns.

Mindset:
Pragmatic, detail-oriented, and comfortable with both greenfield development and operational ownership.

Flexibility:
Happy to contribute where needed — from backend APIs and platform automation to Postgres internals and debugging.

Collaboration:

Strong communicator who works effectively across teams in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Ownership:
You operate with a founder’s mindset — take initiative, move quickly, and care deeply about outcomes.

Why Join Us

Be part of a strategic new offering that expands the scope and impact of Click House Cloud.

Work with cutting-edge database and infrastructure technologies at scale.

Operate with high autonomy in a small, focused team that values deep expertise and collaboration.

Shape foundational systems for reliability, automation, and developer experience in managed database.

Compensation and Perks
For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as Los Angeles, CA, the San Francisco Bay Area, WA, and New York City, a premium market range may apply, as listed.

Flexible work environment — remote-friendly and globally distributed.

Healthcare — employer contributions toward healthcare.

Equity in the company — every new team member receives stock options.

Time off — flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.

A $500 home office setup if you’re a remote employee.

Global gatherings — opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

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